Theme parks are fun, but Kennedy Space Center is the real deal. NASA’s launch headquarters, the center offers tours of launch areas (see a live "blast-off" if you're there at the right time), giant rocket displays, the chance to meet a real-life Astronaut and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a 60-million-dollar attraction that allows guests to train in a simulator and launch into orbit aboard a space shuttle. The center is located approximately 45 minutes drive from Orlando.